Milk of Magnesia – Cool Science Experiment

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Check out this and other cool science experiments at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/ Sometimes great food and heartburn go hand in hand. Many people rely on products like Milk of Magnesia to settle their stomachs, but have you ever wondered how those antacids really work? This highly visual demonstration will show you exactly how Milk of Magnesia neutralizes the acids in your stomach – using some cool color changing chemistry – and saves the day after a great meal.

About Steve Spangler Science…

Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an Emmy award-winning television personality. Spangler is probably best known for his Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment that went viral in 2005 and prompted more than 1,000 related YouTube videos. Spangler is the founder of www.SteveSpanglerScience.com, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of science toys, classroom science demonstrations, teacher resources and home for Spangler’s popular science experiment archive and video collection. Spangler is a frequent guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show where he takes classroom science experiments to the extreme. Check out his pool filled with 2,500 boxes of cornstarch!

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Additional Information:

On the education side, Spangler started his career as a science teacher in the Cherry Creek School district for 12 years. Today, Steve travels extensively training teachers in ways to make learning more engaging and fun. His hands-on science boot camps and summer institutes for teachers inspire and teach teachers how to prepare a new generation for an ever-changing work force. Over the last 15 years, he has also made more than 500 television appearances as an authority on hands-on science and inquiry-based learning.

On the business side, Spangler is the founder and CEO of Steve Spangler Science, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of educational toys and kits and hands-on science training services for teachers. The companys unique business strategies and viral creations have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, Wired and TIME Magazine where online readers voted Steve Spangler #18 in the Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year for 2006 (what were they thinking?). You’ll find more than 140 Spangler created products available online at SteveSpanglerScience.com and distributed to toy stores and mass-market retailers worldwide.

Spangler joined NBC affiliate 9News in 2001 as the science education specialist. His weekly experiments and science segments are designed to teach viewers creative ways to make learning fun. His now famous Mentos Geyser experiment, turning 2-liter bottles of soda into erupting fountains, became an Internet sensation in September 2005 when thousands of people started posting their own Mentos explosions on YouTube.com.

As founder of SteveSpanglerScience.com, Spangl

er and his design team have developed more than 140 educational toys and science-related products featured by mass-market retailers like Target, Wal-Mart, Toys R’ Us, Discovery Channel Stores and over 1,400 independent specialty toy stores. His educational science catalog and on-line business offers more than a thousand science toys and unique learning resources. Recently, Spangler has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, WIRED, the History Channel, Food Network and TIME Magazine where on-line readers voted Steve Spangler #18 in the Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year for 2006.

His recent appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres Show have taught viewers how to blow up their food, shock their friends, create mountains of foam, play on a bed of nails, vanish in a cloud of smoke and how to turn 2,500 boxes of cornstarch and a garden hose into a swimming pool of fun.

Comments

redrages1 says:

In englandwe call base alkali :) i did this trick in the lab

Jordan Druce says:

Buffer Solution!!!

JayyOneill says:

milk of magnesia is also amazing for curing bad acne 😀

nintendonerdgoodbad2 says:

didnt he do this with a chick before

Trenya Dat Kat says:

lol nice vid! 5/5 😀

Mcnizzle88 says:

CHEMISTRY

truemasterhaseo says:

@RoPWU I think it absorbs any alcohol or drugs left in the stomach.

ConrissioMusic says:

I Use Milk Of Magnesia On My Face :)

Louise Nichole Jucom says:

COOL :))

TheDensetsu says:

This is the fun chemistry, not the booring one with calculations and
stuff…

agent2539 says:

are those magnetic stirrers expensive?

ShadowsDML says:

This is what I do everyday in the lab, watching things change colour XD

hemal67 says:

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet lol

sammyboy1234 says:

buffer

edvinasal says:

Hey! Does anybody know who’s the guy with Steve?

RoPWU says:

now what is the idea of doctors giving charcoal when you get a drug
overdose?

JubalCalif says:

Ha! Super cool clip! THANKS for posting! I’ve heard of some people mixing
milk of magnesia with vodka. That concoction is called a PHILLIPS
SCREWDRIVER.

blueberryandpie says:

all your videos inspire me … 😀

Charlie G says:

PURRPUUL!

hobgoblin98076 says:

oh for heavans sake…lol

unknowndragon7 says:

I guess being in a science class does help you xD

Mik Pedersen says:

you didn’t…

Inklan Utterfield says:

I can’t believe I understood all the chemistry behind that.:D

Razorduck83 says:

the music at the end always scares me :s

Fairuz Hafeez says:

Why??? JEALOUS????

Kuro Ashi no Sanji says:

why does it turn red when the solution is acid? I thought it should turn
yellow, isn’t it Bromothymol blue?

Patrice Piche says:

wow really cool

BellaSoso9802 says:

coooooool

laurdy says:

never take milk of magnesia with citrus fruit

ParkEx says:

awesome

emmanuela mitzalis says:

I Learned about this this year!!!! xD

wth357 says:

1st episode I’ve seen without them making a mess out of the lab

Rifter09 says:

@danielcarmi305 beats snap crackle pop

Zao42 says:

Brings back memories of all the hours spent in Lab…. especially Quant haha

HerpDeDerp Killallswagfagz says:

I’ll Be Darned. Lol.

Akis Kiraleos says:

@MatriXtyle then you probably haven’t finished junior high school

TheLivirus says:

Me neither! 😀

ajvjazz says:

oh for heaven sake 😀

George-Douglas Price says:

@dorgodorato The milk does the pH changing, your body doesn’t have enough
time to sense anything wrong in the time the milk takes to correct the pH
as based on the results shown in the video.

ninachan25 says:

so… what are the materials you need?

MasterChief241 says:

ILLL BEE DARNED

NickSkatees says:

oh..for..heavens..sake.. ill be darned !!!!

sam roshon says:

Will it blend?

ryan cabanela says:

cool

mroxiful says:

Lol the host has never seen anything like this before… He is so startled.

Mr112524 says:

it is a buffer

Larry .and Barry says:

its purple not blue

Daniel Carmi says:

is it bad if i put milk of magnesia in my cereal?

ratlesnake316 says:

he said i dont know

Trenya Dat Kat says:

what show is this!!! plz tell me!! lol

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